Which finance module would be more practical for me?

[sunnypoker]

i'm in univeristy, and having to choose what courses i will be taking next year.
as i am not a straight Accounting&Finance Student, (i'm a Management student, but we are in the same business school so i take finance modules as well)

due to choosing other modules as well, i won't be able to take all the finance modules available. and i want some help from you smart lot to tell me which one would be more practical and useful for me to learn:
perhaps rank them in order of which i should take more than the other.
(btw, i have taken a module in finance in my second year so i know the basics, this is just getting deeper into the topics)

--------1. Investment Management--------
Financial instruments and markets
Diversification
Risk-return relationships
Performance measurement
Fixed Income Investment
Financial futures, options; their use by portfolio managers
Equity analysis
Active portfolio management

---2. Derivatives and Financial Risk Managment---
Value at Risk
Pricing, hedging, arbitrage strategies of
Forward and futures contracts
Bonds
Options
Two or three case studies

-------3. Finance in New Ventures-------
The rise in the importance of entrepreneurship: entrepreneurial markets and the history of economic thought on entrepreneurship The determinants of enterprise performance: theory and evidence on new venture start-up, survival, growth and exit New ventures, liquidity constraints and market failure Bank lending for new ventures: theory and evidence Investment finance for new ventures What venture capitalists do and how they add value to ventures How venture capitalists choose and evaluate business ventures Why do governments intervene to address market failure in the provision of finance for small firms? Is there a systemic market failure or is it restricted to 'groups' or 'types' of capital? What does government actuall.y do? The impact of intervention by government: assessing the impact policy

----4. International Financial Management----
Syllabus :
History and background of the development of the international monetary system National accounts and the concept of the balance of payments The market for Foreign Exchange International Parity Relations and Forecasting Exchange rates International Bond, Equity and Money and Banking Markets Foreign Exchange Forwards and Futures markets, Swap Markets Options Markets Managing Economics, Transactions and Translation Exposure International Portfolio Investment Foreign Direct Investment International Capital Budgeting, Capital Structure and the Cost of Capital Exports and Imports and International Tax Issues

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i could provide more info such as the "objectives" and "rationale" but i'm guessing seeing the syllabus is enough

[jamazon]

From the few investment books I've read, learning how to invest from college courses is not good for you because you will have to unlearn whatever you learned in school once you start working.

I recommend Intelligent Investor, All About Index Funds, The Four Pillars, and Theory of Poker.

[edtost]

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From the few investment books I've read, learning how to invest from college courses is not good for you because you will have to unlearn whatever you learned in school once you start working.

I recommend Intelligent Investor, All About Index Funds, The Four Pillars, and Theory of Poker.

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module 2 is the one likely to suffer from this the least.

[sunnypoker]

ok, good news, i can take two if i want.
so that means u can tell me 1 , or 2. (min 1 is compulsory so)

which ones [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]?

i know i'm likely to be learning them over again, but seeing as one of them is going to be compulsory,i'd like to hear some suggestions, i'm quite tempted to take two though.

[Sniper]

Sunny, what do you think you would like to do when you graduate?

[sunnypoker]

don't know yet, that's the biggest problem

but i'm hoping to get answers on the basis of the general 2+2 population, that is, playing poker/investing money on assets/bonds etc, as it is likely that's the path i will be most similar to be taking.

finance in new venture sounds exciting, but i am uncertain for its practicality, will it be useless? i wouldn't mind thinking about starting up my own business but obviously i don't have any significant funds of myself.

how significant is module number 2?
my assumption is that the people in 2+2 will likely root for module 2, then module 1... am i correct?

i'll have to wait untill it's abit late so that it's prime time in the US to get replies

[sunnypoker]

shameless bump

[Sniper]

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don't know yet, that's the biggest problem

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Well you want to at least be starting to think about what you are interested in.

#1 you likely can learn from reading on your own, easily... if you learn that way... if you don't like to read on your own, I go with this one.

#2 likely builds on #1 with more complex financial instruments.

#3 if you have any interest in starting or being involved in new business ventures.

#4 if you have an inteest in currencies and international stuff.